On-line Registration

The Login screen User ID and password User ID itself is unique so selection of user type is not necessary Sign up or New Group Registration New Group Registration is not very easily recognisable Retrieve password Retrieve password has only one option - User ID Few more details like e-mail id or combination can be used

Some alternative Proposed Login screen Provision for retrieval of user-id and password through registered e-mail id Combination of 2 fields Secret Question

Group Registration The first screen should be of the Group leader here school appears User ID is too complex to be remembered The child should be allowed to select user name of his choice User ID is displayed with school name which is confusing State and District is not necessary in all pages Provision to check if user is human, CAPTCHA or Random Questions may be used

Proposed form PAGE-1 GROUP LEADER DETAILS 1. State 2. District 3. Taluka/Block 4. Name of Group Leader 5. Gender Male/Female 6. Date of Birth 7. Father's Name 8. Address 9. City 10. Pin Code 11. Contact Number 12. Goes to School Yes/No

PAGE-1 : GROUP LEADER DETAILS 13. Participated before Yes/No 14. Student/Father's Email 15. Project Title 16. Select Sub Theme 17. Locality Type (Urban/Rural) 18. Language 19. With Disability Yes/No Type of disability 20. User Id 21. Password 22. Confirm Password 1. School Type Can be an NGO also 2. Institute Name 3. Institute Address 4. Name of the Principal 5. Email 6. Phone Number

PAGE-2 : DETAILS OF GUIDE 1. Name of Guide Teacher 2. Contact Number 3. Email 4. Residential Address 5. Residential City 6. Pin Code 7. Office/Institute Address 8. Office /Institute City 9. Gender Male / Female

PAGE-3 : DETAILS OF CO-WORKER 1. Name 2. Father's Name 3. Address 4. City 5. Pin Code 6. Contact Number 7. Goes to School Yes/No 8. Participated before 9. Gender 10. Date of Birth 11. With Disability Yes/No Type of disability 12. School Type [Option to select if same as GL] Can be an NGO also 13. Institute Name 14. Institute Address 15. Name of the Principal 16. Email 17. Phone Number

Group Registration Maximum members in a group can be 5 While minimum is 2, the portal asks for the third group member Facility for temporary save is to be provided before final upload or Offline data entry forms may be used so that saved data can be uploaded Excel/CSV/PDF forms District Coordinator should have the facility for uploading in excel format Instead of using new pages for each form Tabs may be used.

District Coordinator Sequence of data for Profile of DC may be Name Designation School/College/Institution Address E-mail ID Phone Number Address for communication Since User ID has been provided by data base administrator State and District not necessary

District Coordinator Group details to display Group ID Name of GL School/Institution Project Title Subtheme Current Level Approved/Rejected Actions

District Coordinator District Coordinator should be able to Export all registered groups of district in excel format Delete records The records of child scientists should be locked from editing on a specific day before the date of District Congress

District Coordinator Events Events should be allowed to be entered after the event date Provision for details of Resource Persons is more important than Chief Guest Facilities for uploading of images can be considered with limit to number of images

District Coordinator Evaluator details Select Level / Select type options Evaluator 1 and Evaluator 2 – what does it mean Additional fields may be considered Subject of Specialisation Subject of his Interest Sequence – Name, Designation, Organisation etc.

District Coordinator Mark sheets Entering marks of all projects after completing the District Congress will be impossible Scanning of individual records and uploading is also not feasible Website should have provision to upload all marks in excel or CSV format The number of parameters may be corrected as per guideline

State Coordinator Sequence of data for Profile of Dist Coordinator may be Name Designation School/College/Institution Address E-mail ID Phone Number Address for communication State is not necessary

State Coordinator To know the status at District Level List of Registered Groups for each District should be visible Events of each District should also be visible Events, Evaluators and mark sheets same as for District Coordinator

State Coordinator The District Coordinator or the group leader should not be allowed to edit details after a specific date before State Congress At present, after a project is selected for National Level also, the group details can be edited even marked as not selected to the State Level

For Dist Coordinator or State Coordinator The list of participants should be exportable To prepare presentation schedule To prepare evaluation sheets To enter the marks Above all prepare the reports

Above all The manpower as well as computer facilities at all levels are very scarce Internet connectivity in District Headquarters or remote areas of the country are still not very fast. The provision for uploading information in Excel, CSV formats, PDF forms should be considered

Thank you Sandeep Bhattacharjee Cell: 94351-17989 (whatsapp), 87539-06038 sandeep.2405@gmail.com; sandeep.bh@nic.in